Language: French (Français)
Our translations: CHI ENG
Tandis qu'à leurs œuvres perverses
Les hommes courent haletants,
Mars qui rit, malgré les averses,
Mars prépare en secret le printemps.
Pour les petites pâquerettes,
Sournoisement, lorsque tout dort,
Il repasse des collerettes
Et cisèle des boutons d'or.
...
La nature au lit se repose ;
Lui, descend au jardin désert
Et lace les boutons de rose
Dans leur corset de velours vert.
...
Sur le cresson de la fontaine
Où le cerf boit, l'oreille au guet,
De sa main cachée il égrène
Les grelots d'argent du muguet.
Sous l'herbe, pour que tu la cueilles,
Il met la fraise au teint vermeil
Et te tresse un chapeau de feuilles
Pour te garantir du soleil.
Puis, lorsque sa besogne est faite,
Et que son règne va finir,
Au seuil d'avril tournant la tête,
Il dit : « Printemps, tu peux venir ! »
Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-2,4,6-8 of the original text.
First appeared in the journal La Presse, April 7, 1851, and then in Émaux et Camées in 1852.
Composition:
Set to music by Charles Gounod (1818 - 1893), "Primavera", CG 430 (1852-1858), published 1867, stanzas 1-2,4,6-8 [ voice and piano ], Paris, Choudens, also set in German (Deutsch)
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- CHI Chinese (中文) (Dr Huaixing Wang) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Peter Low) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Word count: 180
Language: Chinese (中文) after the French (Français)
他们反常工作
男人跑得气喘，
三月笑，尽管雨如泼，
秘密地准备着春天。
至于那雏菊婷婷，
万物沉睡时候，
他悄然熨烫衣领
并雕刻金色纽扣。
...
床上大自然在休息；
他下到荒凉的花园
把玫瑰花蕾系起
穿上绿丝绒紧身衫。
...
喷泉旁豆瓣菜青青
鹿喝水、倾听的地方，
他用无形的手合成
铃兰那银色的铃铛。
把草莓放得面通红
草下面任你来采摘，
给你织上草帽一顶
以保证你免太阳晒。
然后，工作已做完、，
他的统治将结束，
转过头的四月门槛，
他说：“春天，你可光顾！ »
Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-2,4,6-8 of the original text.
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